Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-05-14
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This afternoon the new Couneil will
bold its nrsf meeting, and the drzf husi-
ne8 Of he nrs4 nesting will be the
eisetioo Of tie ~appofnfed oficerss Of
the ctfy. II tie expReazion nay be al
loze4 The appointed offeeFa are the
Chief Of Polioe, City Clerk, Health On
SER klRe Warden and HarboR Master.
Ine charter requires that these cheers
oe elected &C the FIRST regular meeting
aftsF the sleetion. bat Issa year the
Council established . precedeut for dis
regarding that iEianetisn ~ quAFreiine
over the election Of Chisf q Poliss
Through several meetings. The inaiea-
tions 81 point TO q renewal Of THAI con
ssst and . faithful following Of the pre-
eedent rather than the charter.
Inere are six candidates for the oface
OF Chief Of Police, which il she highest
salAFisd ofaoe In the Gift Of the city
xl3 per mOnfh- The candidates are
the presents Chief Mckay, Frauk Kava-
nAgh. J. n. Hayes, n. 5. Blxier, Z. o.
fnlmeF and John w. Fuller Of the First
Ward. II The members On he OounciI
vote as they have expressed their inten-
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Fuller will get -four, and then
TzK TRoUHLE WILL BEGIN.
The Mayor has thu sane right to vote
IN this instance as Mayor Mann had en-
last Saturday In the Jefsrson street or
dinance. bus no better right a. the sane |
paragraph in the charter applies TO |
both, and Il ID understood thss Mayor |
IoWne does not take the same view Of |
that paragraph a. did Mayor Mann and |
viii refuse to vote. Mr.. Fuller ID re- |
corted 70 have said that he would net |
become q candidate unless pretty well |
assured OF election in the frss ballot. |
II this be true and he holds 10 Il the |
chances Of the re election Of Mckay |
are flrst class. Otherwise, IL be accepts |
the fighting chance he Ia said 70 have. |
there may be repeated she vigorous push |
and pail out Of last year. Mckay has
held the office bat enc term and not |
quite all Of that. having been chosen |
TO the position after the resignation Of /
ex-MAyoF Weisbach who filled the po-
1tion by request Of the Council during |
THK PENDING DEADLOCK
Over the City Clsrkship. JohnIW. Fuller,
Dis opponent. vas q member of the /
Council 10 1884. Later he kept q hotel
and stable in the old town, but latteFly
he has not been engaged in active bud
ness. being in soeh worldly circum-
stances that be don't really need to.
For the City OleFkship unlike last
year, when there was q bitter fight for
it) no competitors Of the present ineun
bent, w. j. Meade, have been reported
thus far. Mr.. Meade has been faith
ful, hard working and obliging officer,
and there IL no doubt Of his promut re-
election. The salary Of his Office Is
flC0 per month.
There Is no opponent, 90 far re-
ported, TO DR.. j. Armstrong for the po-
sition Of Health 0ficer. The salary is
S2c0 per year.
J. ID. Rainy Gate Chief of the Fire
was Fire Warden, but bis
recent emigration to California has left
the field to others. IL has been the Gus
tom Of Councils TO defer to the Fire De
paTtmeut 10
FILLING THIS oFRIcR,
Appointing the man nominated by It
At . meeting Of the department. ThaTa
day evsniBg they nominated Council
nan NJ. II. Lillis of the First Ward.
Mr.. Lillis is now q schoolmaster land
aid to be q good one), but it develops
hat be is master Of two mechanical
trades, one Of which is the carpenters
With these practical recommendations
he Council will no dosbt follow its pre-
Tious custom and appoint him. The
iuties Of the Office are the inspection of
buildings with regard to their safety ,
rom fire. The salary is SEQ year.
The office Of Harbormaster is the
~ Ika ahaRaa ANo1 I
not and the council has not defined its
iuties, and no salary is attached to it. ,
And vet il is the only other Office, save
hat of chief, that boasts an eager
lspirant. John II. Cunningham, the |
nan who made record some time ago
q a conflict With the 'l0ngsheremen,
uttered the office of the City Clerk q
lev days ago and made some earnest
Inquiries concerning the Office With
new Of Securing its
HoNoRs TO HIMSELF.
The present incumbent is Captain I
and no doubt be would leave Z
he field rather than quarrel about it.
The Office is filed merely to conform I
% the requirements OF the charter,
Ehioh hss evidently made provision in |
{ for future contingencies.
LUIS oomptetth t0c lint hnu ucuuch
he first work Of the new council. II
here are no qaarrels 10 will be CON- {
pleted today, but storms can occasion
ielay and the postponement OF this and /
,tbeE Business for weeks - the which.
aow ever, Is not anticipated. ID
The second business in natural order
9 the consideration of q salary bill.
This eontemplstes several important
shauees in the present schedule Of sala- |
ries and fees. II provides for an in
crease Of the salary Of the City Clerk on ,
IN the ground Of inadequate eompensa-
lion for the duties involved at present,
and a considerable iBcrsass in the work
since the salary vas fixed. IL oontem
plates q change from the fee 10 the sal
airy system in the case of the City Treas
1Ier. 81 prescott the Treasurer is al
Io-ed one and one half per oent. each
q y for all money handled - the same
Tor receipts IS disbursements, together
With fees for tax sales. collection OF
ieIirquents. etc., and IL Is estimated
that
THESE FKEs
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